Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-03-21
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-four, one teaspoon soda, one tea
spoon cream of tartar.
BEEAKFAsT CORN CAKE.-OnC
quart of corn meal, one cup flour Oh
a little less, one tablespoon baking
powder, two eggs, one tablespoon
sugar. milk to wet, and little salt.
CHEAP CAKE.-One cup sugar,
one-half cup butter, one cup soul
cream, one egg, flour enough to
make a good batter, one-half tea
spoon soda.
GINGER CAKE.-One cup molasses,
one cup sugar, one egg, three table
spoons vinegar, two teaspoons OF
ginger, and flour enough to form a
stiff dough.
SURPRISE CAKE.-One cup sugar,
one cup butter, one cup sweet milk,
one egg, one teaspoon soda, two
teaspoons cream of tartar, and stir
in sifted flour To make the consist
encv of common cake mixture.
PLAIN CAKE.-One and one-fourth
pounds of sugar, one pound butter,
one egg, three and one-half cups of
flour, one-haIf pint of water having a
teaspoon soda dissolved in it.
CREAM CAKE.-White of four eggs,
two cups of sugar, one cup butter,
one cup of milk, three teaspoons
baking powder. Bake in layers and
fill with sweetened whipped cream.
COLD WATER SPONGE CAKE.-Two
cups -four, one cup sugar, one-half
cup each of butter and water, one
egg, one teaspoon each of soda and
cream tartar, or two of baking pow
der.
ENGLISH WALNUT CAKE-Two
cups sugar, three-fourths cup of
butter, three cups flour, one cup cold
water, four, eggs, one teaspoon soda,
two teaspoons cream tartar, two cups
of kernels of English walnuts added
last of all
ONION SAUCE.-Boil three or four
white onions till tender, and mince
fine boil half pint milk, add but
ter half the size of an egg, salt and
pepper to taste, and stir in the
minced onion and a tablespoon -four
which has been wet with milk.
INDIAN CUsTARD PUDDING.-One
quart new milk, four teaspoons fine
Indian meal, one egg, salt, spice and
sweeten to taste, beat the eggs and
meal together, pour in the milk, stir
twice while baking.
WALNUT CAKE No. 2.-One cup
sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half
cup milk, two eggs, one teaspoon
baking powder, two and one-half
cups -four, one cup chopped walnuts
or almonds. Beat we'll.
GINGER COOKIES cup No. l
molasses, one cup butter, one cup
water, one-half cup brown sugar, one
tablespoon ginger, one rounding
teaspoon soda dissolved in the water
mix in flour sufficient for rolling out
mot hardy and cut into rounds.
\ SPLENDID CHEAP SPONGE CAKE.
One cup sugar, two eggs. four
tablespoons water, one and a fourth
cups -four, two teaspoons baking
powder. Beat the whites and the
yolks of the eggs separately. Mix
all. leaving out the One-fourth cup
of flour TO mix the baking powder in.
Stir in the last thing.
GINGER COOKIES No. 2.-One cup
each of molasses and brown sugar,
one-half cup sweet or sour milk,
sweet is better; boil sugar and
milk together, boil molasses separate,
then mix; add one teaspoon soda,
one heaping teaspoon ginger, one
half cup butter. Mix very soft with
flour and roll out.
WALNUT CAKE No. lone cup
sugar, one-half cup butter, two cups
flour, yOlks of two eggs, white of
one, one teaspoon baking powder,
half cup milk. Bake in LAYERS of
three cakes. Beat the white of one
egg, one cup sugar not quite full,
and one cup chopped walnuts. Put
the cake together with this.
CoRNMEAL PUDDING.-One quart
of milk put on to boil; one cup meal
stirred up with a cup of cold milk,
butter the size of an egg, stirred in
the hot milk and let boil; beat five
eggs with cup of powdered sugar.
add teaspoon ginger and nutmeg,
then stir the whole together, and
have it thick enough to pour into a
buttered dish. Bake in a quick
oven.
DRIED APPLE CAKE.-Two cup
dried apples, two eggs, four cups
-four, two cups molasses, one cup
butter, two teaspoons soda, spices
of all kinds. Soak your apples.
chop them the size of raisins, tax
two cups of them chopped. stir into
the molasses. Set them ON the stove
and cook till preserved. Put the
apples in the cake last. Stir them
well.
DANDY PUDDING.-One quart new
milk, three eggs, two tablespoons
cornstarch, one and one-half cups
sugar, extract of lemon to taste.
Boil the milk, then take the yolks,
cornstarch, and one cup sugar and
put into, cook a few moments, and